stroke play

noun

: golf competition scored by total number of strokes

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Ben Griffin is the rare U.S. Open rookie with multiple PGA Tour wins under his belt, having claimed a team win in New Orleans and his first stroke play title in Colonial this spring. Justin Ray, New York Times, 14 June 2025 Final qualifying, known as 'Golf's Longest Day,' is a marathon: 36-hole stroke play events held across 10 venues across the country. Jack Milko, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025 His 11-under total matches his career best in an individual stroke play event on the PGA Tour through 36 holes, per the tour's communications team. Jack Milko, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025 But this is match play — five individual matches, first to three points wins — and Stanford’s record 21-shot advantage after four rounds of stroke play was wiped out for the eight-team bracket Tuesday and Wednesday. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for stroke play

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stroke play was in 1905

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“Stroke play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stroke%20play. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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